‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎161] (210/470)

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City T^ifen Noyogorod , fituate on an angle of the great River Wolga
which is there conjoined with the Oka.
Nifen-gorod lies in the Latitude of 36 degr. and 28 under a
wholfomeclimat, and in a fertile Countrey. It is well fortilied with giroi.
Walls 3 Bulwarks, Towers, Men and Ammunition of War. About
2 [English] miles without the City live more Inhabitants than within,
being Rujfes and 7art ays , but in fubjection to the great Duke. The
Cermms had formerly built two Churches here, one for the Lutherans
and another for the Cahimfis , both which went to decay upon their
leaving the Town.lt is here very cheap living, and all things neceflary
for the fuftenanceofHumanBodiesmay be procured at eafy Rates.
The Failures abound with Cattel the Villages with Poultry , the
Woods with Venifon , the Rivers with Fifh , and the Land with
Corn, Fruit, Roots and Plants. Butter we bought there for 10 gl.
the 100 //'.rwhich is after the rate of 2 d pound]and yet we efteemcd
that the deareftFurchafe we bought there. We bought there a good
fort of Linnen for 2 Jliyers the Ell,which ferved us well forlhirting
and other ufes aboard the Ship. And by reafon of the Cheapnefsof
Provilion and all neceifaries, we received here 6 Moneths pay: and
becaufe that they had here an excellent Ropeyard , the Heads of
our Company thought good to leave the Lieutenant Schack with our
chief Boatswain An officer responsible for the equipment on a ship and overseeing the work of the ship's crew. , to look after fome Ropes which we had given
order to be made , as alfo to fit us with new Anchors.
On the 21 dito we put off from Nif and left the JVolgi. This
is reputed one of the greateft and longed Rivers in the whole World,
taking it's beginning in the higheft Mountains of , run- Wolga.
ning paft lerijlaf, or lerijl^ , TWfr and other eminent Cities, whence
with many Windings and Turnings it runs through the Land till it
come at K^ijlrachan , where it divides it felf into feveral Heads like
the Nile , and fo loofes it felf into the Cafpixn Sea, receiving by the way
many great and navigable Rivers, and thofe moftly on the North-
eaftfide : from whence by reafon that the River receives it's Water,
it is fubjeft to rifing and falling , as at it is at higheft, and
in luly begins again fuddenly to decreafe , infomuch that it is in
all places full ofBanks and Sand-beds , as hereafter , in the.purfuit
of my Journal ihall more particular and ample mention be made ;
whereas when it is increafed to it's heighth , one may fail over feveral
X Iflands.